Snyder-Gabby, Old English Cemetery
Van Buren County, Bonaparte Township, Section 11.
Also known as: House Cemetery
Researched and recorded byErma DeRosear

In 1981 Verle & Jane DeRosear and Harley & Erma DeRosear visited this
cemetery. For many years there was a suspicion that it may have had ties
to the English people who had settled near there.

After probing we found 13 stones, about 6 inches below the sod.
The stones were lifted out and laid flat where they had fallen.
We had been told by local residents that the area had been logged. At
that time, many of the stones were used as props, under the wheels of
trucks, which were stuck in mud.

We can only guess that the cemetery was much larger and that much historical
and family information has been lost.

Some have referred to this being a Mormon cemetery. I do not believe there
are Mormon burials here. Although there was a Mormon camp in the area,
I feel their burying ground was at the mouth of Reed's Creek.